Springbank 12 Year Old Cask Strength 2021

Nose: Saline, peat, funk/farmyard/earthy Palate: BBQ pork, muddy, earthy. Sweet and ‘sweaty’. Oily. Finish: Long finish. Dark chocolate, a good bit of Campbeltown funk. Sweet and a little sour on the aftertaste. There’s a real strength of funky flavour in this dram. It’s an old fashioned, oily, dirty whisky. It definitely has its own place in the whisky canon! I love the ethos of Springbank, I like the fact that it’s an old fashioned manufacturing style and that they keep most of their whiskies to a reasonable price point. My tasting notes are almost identical to the last time I had tried this dram at a tasting a couple of months ago. I had said then that I find the taste profile quite challenging but that I’d keep trying. I don't know what has happened over the last couple of months, but having tried this again, I liked it a lot more than previous. Since the last time was a tasting, it might just have been the comparison with other whiskies, but I really enjoyed it this time. I'll need to revisit some more from Springbank...

(Good Spirits Co. Glasgow – Virtual 10th Birthday Whisky Tasting, 4th June 2021). Nose: Saline, peat, funk/farmyard/earthy Palate: BBQ pork, muddy, earthy. Sweet and ‘sweaty’. Oily. Finish: A long, funky finish. Sweet and a little sour on the aftertaste. There’s a real strength of funky flavour in this dram. It’s an old fashioned, oily, dirty whisky. It definitely has its own place in the whisky canon! I love the ethos of Springbank, I like the fact that it’s an old fashioned manufacturing style and that they keep most of their whiskies to a reasonable price point. However, I do find the taste profile quite challenging. I’ll keep trying, ‘though! Came third out of the six drams, with 19% (9 votes) of the final vote for favourite of the night. 91% (43 votes) of those present said they enjoyed the whisky.